The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-13 00:00:00

XONEY' Iff.A.RKET AND tIOMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. zeepting that there appears to be a great deal I nore capital afloat, and that the terms asked for le eemmodation show a tendency to greater ease, t he Money market presents no new feature of inte t!st• The usual disbursements that have to be li quidated during the present season are alone the ca 'lee of the large number of applications that are b Sing daily made for discount assistance. The P ates this morning in the open market are 64 7 per cent. About £C4,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, During the last few days business in the Foreign 4 nd Colonial Produce Markets has continued rather dull• Sugar has barely sustained former prices, While coffee, tea, and rice have been neglected. 16111 0 w, however, has been in fair demand for both Present and forward delivery at steady rates. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's Teleg ram , the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 6 6f. 05c. Heavy—inanimate. ' The English Stock Market continues very de pressed, consequent on the small amount of bug ' nese now entered into. The settlement in foreign bonds and railway shares occupies the principal attention of operators, and there is a belief that even after the arrangement of the account shall have taken place, the public will be indisposed to enter l argely into transactions till after the holidays. The Funds show a downward tendency, Consols for money are 89k, and for the account, 89k. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1; March Exchequer Bills, Is. die.; India 5 per • Cents., 1021 103; and Bonds, ss. prem. There is very little animation in the Foreign Mar ket, and prices exhibit very little alteration. Tur. Cell 6 per Cents., 1882, are 711 ; do. Consolides, 46 147 k; Mexican, 29! f ; do. New, 27k ; Greek, 22 23; Spanish Passive, 312-, ; do. Certificates, 14 4 ; the Confederate Loan, 60 62 ; the Egyptian, prem.; and the Danubian, die. to par. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been restricted, and prices have shown a further downward movement. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have receded 15s. ; Midland and North Eastern (Berwick), each 10s.; and Great Northern Stock, North Western, and South Eastern, each ss, The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain Without material change. For Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there is a very limited inquiry, and quotations generally are 4 shade flatter. Alliance are dealt in at 37 ; Bank of Australasia at 69 ; Mercantile Exchange at 9 _} ; and Hudson Bay Company at 16 I I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , GOVERNMENT FUND 8. . *Per Cent. Consols ,„ Do Account, Jan. 10 . i'jer Cent. Reduced B3 1 ul k ,eVir 3 per Cent. BBl 1 "av 7 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891.... — Do o per Cent., Jan. 1873 — 4 rlnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1903 — 4 xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 1 Do £SOO Do £lOO and £2OO Sauk England Stk, 5f per Ct. - , Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — - Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account — Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 pei Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent -- Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 De 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds £l,OOO 5 pm 1)0 under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ilustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Brazilian 5 per Cent . Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 1)o 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account.... , Chilian 6 per Cent. — Do 41 per Cent u olombian 6 per Cent C üba, 6 per Cent. - Do 5 per Cent, 1864 u alliBh 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1864 ___ Do ser Cent.,1773-77, paid — ':lnador p New Consolidated, £2s 1 per Cent - -Pm br t -00, Provisonal Land Warrant.. — gYptian 7 per Cent . 95! Do £lOO Bonds bo, Second Issue Do 1864 .. , no Scrip, 115 paid i I pm sir? , ek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — bo Account Lo Coupons ° Do Account Uatemala 5 per Cent. /, 1) 0 1839 and 1859 kqtliart 5 per Cent.Plaremmana Railway)--- 41 exican 3 per Cent .... 1) 0 Account Do 1864 D 0 -'- 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —die "0 Scrip, £43 paid.... — die Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die x d L d corieh Imperial 5 per Cent 'eW Granada D 0 2 per Cent. - , ,0 Deterred 1 -,0 Land Warrants (Ilectares) — D 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — p Do do Aug., 1866 — ortivian 41 per Cent .. 10 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — P s o 41 per Cent., 1862 .. " 0 Account P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — -"o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ' 9 , '60,,62,'3 471 - b "0 Account — ''''' o ssian b per Cent 1822, £ St. — 1) 0 4i per Cent., 1850 .. 86 1 Lo 1860 1-) 0 3 per Cent 1859 "-'0 6 per Cent, 1862 Do 1864 Air - • 4 a rd o nian 6 cri pe nt — pm SP i p, perC 1)0 Account — knish 3 per Cent P 0 Account — -() V s New Deferred ~.,- " izi Account "0 Passive bo Account — S panish Cert. of Coup not funded — c s _ l) o Account l4l 1 wedish, 4 per Cent .. Utltish 6 per Cent. 1854 — 1) 0 Account — L o 6 per Cent. 1858 1 .20 Account' — - Lin 4100 Bonds '-'0 6 per Cent. 1862 "0 Account .. Do ' 0 £lOO Bonds 7ll ! IV) Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. V Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid e , l inzuela 3 per Cont. Vo Account ''',° 6 per Cent., 1862 'Jo Account "Jo 6 p Cent., 1864 .. Dividends on the above payable in London tbitrian 5 per Cont. Ex. 10 Florins. b °l ßian 41 per Cent., 25f — D o 4 per 2 ar en Ce ntt. Guil — u C Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Mone y i l ) o AccouLt... . Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market firm. Sales, probably 7,000 bales. t f CLERICAL PREFERMENTS.—Sir Henry Ogiander, in the Isle of Wight, has conferred the living rectury—of Stoke East, in the county of Dorset, and )c ese of Salisbury, worth 1326 per annum and residence, 111.°413ulation of parish 591, on the Rev. William Vealo Hen- L tt u , eletk, 13. A., vice the Rev. Charles Fox, deceased, who I li held it for about 45 years. The small living of Ched ptincra in the same county, worth about L 163 per annum, p: ) l ,, lll Ettion 17G, and vacant by the cession of the Rev. Robt. orreF, has been bestowed by the patron, Mr William W e ° 6l Yao Cox, of Cheddington, on the Rev. William Henry `Bt, clerk, ALA. ETTL E ft.—The following anecdote of the Iron th, s e may be resuscitated by way of a hint to rt,„:" authorities of the present day, who have spent enor ...A-' 'mina in fruitless experiments with new inventions: 1 41 tn an• visited the duke, and intimated that he had an 40Portant invention to submit to his notice. " Well, what I , e You to offer P" " A bullet-proof jacket, your grace." s ad it ".' The inventor obeyed. The duke rang a bell 6-f tthe ai de - de-camp presented himself. " Tell the captain rid ge guard t o or d er one of hi s men to l oa d w ith ball cart rse The inventor disappeared, and was never again t= yro ear the Horse Guards. No money was wasted in g atat invention. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook o took 8; ook share (3.14. 3har' 100 Sk 1 .204 to WO I 100 ►OO 100 stock stook stook 10 tOel Jtoci SHARE MARKETS,—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. CAI e n . g Business all 100 Pic) 10 0 a 7.1 all all all A 7 60 130 131 G 7 34 SG 16 17 90 92 106 103 47 48 71 81 133 131 155 156 130 t 32 E 6 88 74) 744 67 69 57 69 44 46 100 102 116 )16j 82 84 104 105 37 39 114 119 97 119 651 G6i 120 121 137 1374 106 108 55 67 25 t 7 113 114 744 724 PI 104 38 39 11 12 p 9 10 120 125 2 p 1 1i 79 80 111 138 ;42 1551 782 2 i 115 i 15 1 831 37 114 1 19} 65j 1201 1361 p 79,:130 58 69 412 43 85} t5l 8 9 163 ,68 3i 1, LI 110 40 85 1 1 1 38 40 1091 Unilways. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val filythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Fork and Bandon ,;ornwall Dc , A A cta no k hy Do •I, 118pe.p au.han been paid L 4) B.' Dublin kir _Belfast Junc.! Dun.,Perth,ditAb. June.' Edinburgh & Glasgow. tilasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthol Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do LI do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelanal Great Western,Original iioStr Val zita. stock Do. South Wales .... Do. West Mid.- -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashire tit Yorkshire London and Blackwall, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' Lon:, Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noe h Western Lon. & So%th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Blrming. & Derby 111 d. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. shares Kest North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchas, 1)o Lecda Do York Do Carlisle... Do. Stook. & Darling. Do do 1855-58 Do do 180,.61 , North London Do New . Do New, 1804 INorth Staffordshire 27. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central ,Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stook.. Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, W ok., and Wok Taff Vale.. •..• • db.* • • • • Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny %Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar, :R BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Prioe. Railways Paid. Mantle & St lawreno. tom.,Baroda.t.Cent In. On. 5 per Gent — Do. E. shares... and LaKe Dorm, Do. Preferonoe 58 60 102 i 103 i *dig ip 5 Si 8 9 3 ullalo,Brant,&(godriel p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 157 Uo. do. July 1, 167 )o. do. June 1. is: :lcutta.&S.Eastn.(l,l. 'apeTown Dock Ser Demetara 7 p.o. per. pf K;astn. Bengal go. p. it:ast Indian. (?•u. 5 p. Do. do. J Ext.... (grand Trunk of Caniid Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. let ere( Bonds.. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 75 80 Do. do. deferred.... Do. 3d Pref. stook . Do. do. deferred.... Do. 4th Pref. stook.. Do. do. deferred Ut.lndta Pentn.gua.sp.e Do. Una. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. e 4I t. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do it. W. ot Canada Share, Do. New ... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. .. Indian Branch Limited Hadras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension De. 4b d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Slelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bndr. Icib. & Hobson's Bay. Newßrunswiok tt Candy Class A and B. Po let I bdt- Soinde Do. Delhi... Do. do Do. Puniaub .. g e Do. Indus. t. Floq) 100 ilOO 100 2 ' ICO 10(, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ - :British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 - - - Do. do. 1883.- 100 - - - 1,,n.ti0r.6 p.e.Ja..szJuo - 1877-84 ...... ....... 100 97 99 881 - Do. ii p. c. leeb.l Aug 100 97 99 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 97 99 - Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. Di 87 89 - Do. 5 Inscribed stook 100 86 89 - !ape G.Hope, 6 p c,187:- 100 103 105 - Do.Ap &Oct. 188( 100 105 107 - Do. 1891 100 108 108 - I.)o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 109 111 - Ceylon, N0v.1863, 6p r 100 102 104 - Lo. 1878, do. 100 119 112 - Ilauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 'OO 105 107 - Do. 1878 100 108 109 - Do. 1882 100 !CO 108 1061 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 114 106 - N.B.Gov. 6 pm. J a.&Jul) 100 08 101 - I. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,180, 100 18 100 - Do. sp. 04811 to 1311 100 95 97 -. Do. d0.,1888 aupwds 100 94 96 - New Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1876. lOO 99 101 - Queensland Gev. 6p. c. 100 104 105 1041 - 3. Aus Gov. 6 p.c.1E68- 100 - - Do. 1,78 &upward i... 100 107 100 - Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..lzJuly 100 - - - Do. 10 6 p.c. An.&064.. ) 100 X lO6l 1071 107 61 1 I BRITISH MINES. 2 ' 'arribrian ConsoF. Gold 1 .16.--wwww. - Chiverton . . ... 3 6 til - dlilloru Amalgamated.. - 3 18 32 - ,)evon G. Con.. (Tavist. 1 580 600 - Drakevralls.. .. - Nast Bassett (Illogan) 59 47 49 48 - ltast Caradon ... '014.1 19 20 - , :ast Carn Brea. - East Grenville - East Lovell .... .. . . -t:. W'lltussel (Tavistk 8.13., 5 51 - 1-am.&l3t.Aubyp(4.4wen 60, 5 . 7 4 Great LaxeY, lirn...: all 19 20 19 - Great South Tolgue.,. 17$ 11 6 - :3. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 35 37 - Irrenville... .......... .78. e. si 6 - Gerod's-Foot ...... ..... ,1 ingston Downs ... . . - Margaret (Gny Lelani t 1 8 9 _ 4 arke Valley.. .. 4 13, ndv Iron Ore (Lim. 2 11 I e - Nangi1e6....... - New Setun - • gorth Downs... - North Roskear.. . . .... 291 17 19 I - N. Wlt . i Basset (11logar, 3.10.6 1 2 - north Wheal Crolty . 2.8.0 2 21 - Prosper United...,.., 7.1. P. 2 3 crovidenoe(Uuy Lehil. 10 6.7 34 38 - iouthCaradon(StCleet 14 020 540 4 . Wheal Fran. allogan 18.18.9 83 36 - itray Park - Vin Cron . 9 16 17 - West Basset (Illogan)- 16 7 9 - Ar Cr radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 - West Chiver ton - West Seton Xhesi Basset (Mogan; 51 90 93 - Wheal Buller(ttedrutli, 10 9 ii - Wheal LudcOtt - Wheal IllaryAnn (Men , 8 13 us - Wheal 3eton 5Bl 195 200 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 18 20 - Wheal Union 4 1 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, Ditto, 5 per cent. pf. st., 102 G t.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stock, 127 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great }Astern 4; per cent. pf., Ditto, new per cent pf., London, Chatham, .to., Metrop. Ext., C 6 per cent., 70i Metropolitan 5 per cent., 1031 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Bradford pf. stook, 93 Preston and Wyre, 43 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, nil San Paulo (lim.),llgua. 7 per cent., 141 Ditto (all), 181 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20 FoßltiGN atiNals. Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min, and Smelting, 74 9 Port Philip, li i United Mexican lim), 5 BANKS. Agra and 111 asterman's (lint.), 130 Alliance (limo, S7i 7 Anglo Austrian, o} 7 Australasia, 63i Bank of London, 157 Bank of New Zealand, 1I Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 34i Colonial, Um., 43 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 1 it o, issued at 101 pm., of which 10 is paid,l39 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, lim., 81 e Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 21 Ditto, issued at 6 pm.. 71 Imperial Bank (lim.), 34 Imperial Ottoman, 161 4 17 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4g / London B ink of Mexico and S. America, Urn., 7 London and Brazilian (Um.), 454 London, Buenos Ayres. and River Plate, Ditto, new, 01 London and County, 77f London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 114 London Joint Stock, 48/ 4 9 Ditto, new, issued at 30 pm., 36 1 6 London and South Anima, 22} 2 London and 11 estminster, 97} Mercantile and Exchange. 1im.,:91 9 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Urn., 17 Provincial Banking Corporation. Urn , Soinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 104 Union of Australia, 84, Union of Ireland, Um., 191 Union of London, 55„ 5 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 71 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 81 Canada Company, 63 Ceylon Company. 11 98 100 8) 0 102 k 1031 1031 10,1 21 22 82 9 70 72 81 ti 4 88 68 58 18 53 34 47 50 30 32 28 30 1031 104 i pr ip pr dp MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. City Offices, lim., 41 Credit Fonder and Mobilicr of England, 8 1 Ditto (X 2), 5 t Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 113 Egyptian Corn, and Trading, lim., 5 * English and Australian Copper, 11 Fore-street Warehouse, 1in2498 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 6; Home and C donial A ssurance, lim., 5; Hudson's Bay, 16/ 1 f Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Urn., 81 1 International Financial tiociety, lim., 7f 1 International Land Credit, Rm., 61 Land Securities, lim., 4t London and Caledonian Marino, Km., 5 London Financial Association, lim., 24:1 Ditto, new, 231 London General Omnibus Company, 3 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 51 Ditto (all), 20 Milwall Iron Works, 3; National Discount Company, lim., 151 1 National Financial, lice., 6 Ocean Marine Insurance), 251 6 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, lim., 6i Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., 251 Scottish Australian Investment, lira., 124 Ditto, new, 50/ 1 501 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 3/ Societe Finanoiere d'Egypte, lim., 41 South Australian Land, 32 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day, COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) CODRINGTON V. CODRINGTON AND ANDERSON. Mr Price, Q.C., said that he had to move for a rule 22i St on behalf of the co-respondent, Colonel Anderson, for a new trial in this cause, and was about to address the Court in support of the motion, but His Lordship said ho considered it would be better to dis pose of the question of costs first. Mr Price said that that would affect the interest of his client by causing delay. His Lordship said that he should not suffer, for he would consider the motion as made this day. Dr Spinks offered a few observations on the other side, and it was arranged that the motion should stand over un til the question of the costs had been settled. The motion will be heard, in all probability, on Tuesday, which is the last motion day before the adjournment of the Court for the Christmas recess. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, —This Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) FORGERY. Alfred Patterson, ehopman, was indicted for stealing 37 printed forms for money orders, the property of her Ma. jesty's Postmastet -General, and also for feloniously forging and uttering 12 orders for the payment of £lO each. The offence was committed at the post-office at Southend. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. ALLEGED ROBBERY, WITH VIOLENCE. John Canham and Allred Canham were indicted for a robbery, with violence, on the person of James Jacques, and stealing his hat. The witnesses having been examined, the jury found the prisoners guilty. A very good character having been given to the prisoners by the police, The Recorder said, taking that fact into consideration, he should only sentence them to three months' imprison ment. George Trodd, 47, smith, was indicted for stealing two spring carts, the property of William Trodd. The prisoner wag found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. FELONIOU SLY RECEIVING SILK. Joseph Grant, 34, trimming maker, was indicted for feloniously receiving 7,000 yards of silk, value £5OO, the property of Francis Bennoch and others, well knowing it to have been stolen. The jury found the prisoner guilty of receiving the property. Sentence was postponed. PRESENTMENT OP THE GRAND JURY. A presentment, signed by Mr George Swann Nottage, the foreman, was made to the effect that the present Grand Jury system was an obstruction rather than an assistance to the administration of justice, and one that was perfectly useless, especially as all tho prisoners brought before them had been previously examined by a magistrate, who of course was quite competent to say whether there was a pri • Ina facie case against the accused. It was requested that the presentment be forwarded to her Majesty's Judges, and also the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The prisoner who was yesterday sentenced to five years' penal servitude was Edward Desks, and not, as stated by mistake, William Topham. 101 103 9 9} 11i 11 8S CO 80 E 2 1 i d 102} 1034 00 08 91 03 59 61 S 6 Fa 84 10' 103 1024 1034 id ip 1024 1034 96 97 [Business don( 103 21 i 1124 1021 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day MARLBOROUGH STREET, ROBBERY IN HYDE - PARK.—Louisa Cox, an " union tunate," was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with robbing a boy in Hyde-park last night of some money belonging to his master, The prosecutor, Michael 11PGrath, a respectable looking boy, said ho was errand-boy to a draper at Brompton, and last night, while passing through llyele-park on his way home to his uiaeter's, with some money in his waistcoat pocket which he had received from one of hie master's cus tomers, ho stopped to take off his boot, as it hurt his foot. While standing:with his boot off the prisoner spoke to him, but he took no notice of her—she again spoke to him, and he was about to ask her what she said, when she put her hands against his waistcoat, and he then missed half-a sovereign and a shilling from his pocket. Seeing a gentle man passing he called to him to assist in detaining the pri soner, and he called " Police I" and on a constable coming up he gave the prisoner into custody. Edward Jacobs, 611 A, said that on being searched at the station two rupees, one shilling, and four pence were found upon the prisoner, but no half.sovereign. The prisoner said that if the prosecutor had lost his money he lost it before she spoke to him, The rupees were given to her by a gentleman. The prisoner was remanded. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1864. BIGAMY. James Shanley, 44, butcher, pleaded guilty to an indict ment charging him with feloniously marrying Elizabeth Chilton, his first wife, Ann Shanley, being then alive. The prisoner said he had not seen his first wife fur seven years. He told Chilton before he married her that he had a wife alive. The prosecutor denied this. rho Recorder es:lntel:mod him to nino menthe' imptieon ment. NEW COURT. Nothing of the slightest importance transpired in this Court during the morning. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, Dec, 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sparkle, from Calcutta. TitooN, Dec. 12.--Wind W.—Arrived--.Morning Star, from Old Calabar for Leith. Sailed—Mary and Louise, for Buenos Ayres. NEWPORT, Dec. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pearl, from Amsterdam for Jamaica. Sailed—Sparkling Dew, for Pernambuco. On , DARTMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Childers. from London for Melbourne. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maud, from London for Natal, with loss of binnacle, and mainbow carried away. MILFORD, Dec. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sarah, serew steamer, from Liverpool for Jamaica. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--Ne• vada, from Callao—Balclutha, from Cuba—Kent, from Richibucto. THE EARLIEST STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.—There is, however, one stringed instrument which, among some savage nations, is found at a very early stage of musical progress, and before the invention of wind instru ments with finger holes, This is merely an elastic) stick, bent with one or two strings, like a bow. Indeed, it is very probable that the bow used in the chase and in war suggested this instrument, which in its turn seems to have led to the invention of several others, in which the shape of the bow is more or less discernible. We may then consider this primitive bow-shaped stringed instrument as the great ancestor of the harp, lyre, and other similarly constructed stringed instruments. In most in stances, however, those nations who are only acquainted with one stringed instrument construct this by stretching some strings over a hollow piece of wood or a calabash. The strings, usually consisting of the fibre of some plant or the hair of some animal, arc played upon either with the hand or with a plectrum made of wood, bone. or any other suitable substance. In a more perfect condition an instrument of this description greatly re sembles our dulcimer. It may therefore be considered the parent of the latter, from which again ulti mately have sprung the harpischord, epinnet, piano forte, and all similar instruments. Important progress in the development of instrumental music was made by the inven tion of the finger-board, or neck, by means of which a series of different notes is obtainable on one string, merely by shortening it more or less, as is the case with the guitar, lute, tamboura, and others. Stringed instruments played with a bow are the least universal. They are, however, met with not only throughout Europe, but also among the Chinese, Hindoos, Japanese, and other Asiatic nations.— Music of the Most Ancient Aations, by C. Boyd. GLASGOW, Dec. 10.—Cotton.—The market was firm in the beginning of the week, and prices advanced id. to Id. per lb. Towards the close prices gave way, and are only;slightly above those of last'Friday,except Surety, which are about id. per lb. higher. Goods and Yarns.—The market for goods and yarns has been firm during the week, and prices continue without change. Iron. —Prices have scarcely varied during the week, and a fair business has:been done from day to day about current quo tations. At close to-day there were buyers of warrants at 50s. Gd. cash, 50s. lOid, one month, and sellers lid. per ton higher. No. 1 g.m.b. quoted 51s. Gd.; No. 3,50 s. 6d. ; No. 1 Gartsherrie, 675. 6i, ; lioltness, 565. ; Eglinton, 51s Gd; Glengarnock, 54; Gd• The Glaucur du Gard relates an instance of cool intrepidity in a boy of ten years old, at Nismes, worthy, it declares, of a Spartan. Notwithstanding the prohibition of his parents, he frequently ascends to the summit of the amphitheatre to take the nests of the bats by which the old Roman edifice is peopled. The height of this building i s so great that to look down from the top is sufficient to render the spectator giddy. Three days back the father perceived his son at his favourite pursuit on the topmost crest of the ruins, and hurrying up to the place, he seized the boy by the leg, and holding him out in the open space, cried out, " Will you promise me never to do it again ?" The posi tion of the boy was fearful, but he cooly replied, "Lower me a little mere, father, I can see a whole brood of bats in in a hole below ; let me take them this time, and I promise you never to recommence." The Grand Duke of Baden has conferred on the King of Italy and on Prince Humbert the insignia of the Supreme Order of Fidelity, which were lately delivered by Baron de Schweitzer, the Grand Duke's Minister at the Court of Turin. The King had already sent his Order of the Aunonciado to the Sovereign of Baden. THAMES, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.—George Knight, a boy about lo years of age, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously breaking and throwing down a certain part of a certain fenoo, to wit, a wooden fence, the property of Mr William Henry Bradshaw, a farmer and grazier, in the Isle of Dogs, Millwall, Poplar. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution for Mr Bradshaw, who is the ownor of the grazing land in the Isle of Dogs. One of his fields was enclosed with a wooden fence 6 feet high. A portion of this had been de stroyed by wanton and mischievous boys, and the materials cast into bonfires near the land. Mr Bradshaw, for the protection of his property, was compelled to prosecute, and would proceed against every one destroying the fence or any part of it. Mr Bradshaw said 90 feet of his fence had been destroyed, and the damage he estimated at £5. It was effected by mischievous and wicked boys, of whom an example ought to be made. A woman named Owens and a boy named Brown gave evidence against the defendant, who is the son of a labourer dwelling at No 2, Lead-street, Ferry-street, Millwall, They saw the boy Knight pull down a piece of the fence on the morning of the 10th of November last, at 7 o'clock in the morning. The boy took away two pieces of board, part of the fence. Mr Joseph Smith, solicitor, who defended Knight, said the witnesses were mistaken, and set up an alibi. He called the parents and the brother of the defendant, and other witnesses, one of them said he never lost sight of the boy for a moment all day, from the time he got out of bed in the morning until he wont to bed again at night. The Magistrate was of opinion the alibi was very unsa• tistactory, and that the witness, who swore he never missed sight of the boy for a moment all day had committed a great mistake. Ile had no doubt defendant was one of the boys who had, in the language of the summons been. wil fully and maliciously destroying Mr Bradshaw's property. The defendant was a mischievous and wrong-headed boy. He fined the defendant 20s and 2s costs, and also to pay 2d, the value of the wood ho took away, or be committed to the House of Correction for 21 days. The money was paid. Mme. Drouyn de Lhuys has addressed a letter to Mrs Dayton expressing the profound sentiments of regret which the death of the late Minister of the United States has left in the hearts of all who knew him. She declares how much she herself has been affected by the lamentable loss, and how sincerely she sympathises with the widow under her sad bereavement. Great excitement was caused the day before yes terday in the Rue Gregoire de Tours, Paris, by a young man who ran along the street scattering gold coins from a small wooden bowl which he carried in his hand, at the same time crying out, "Here is money for those who want it I" People at first thought he was mad, but cries of "Stop thief I" being heard in the distance he was arrested by two sergeants-de-vill. It was soon ascertained that he had broken, with a blow of his fist, the plate-glass window of M, Gourdault, money-changer, Carrefour de l'Odeon, and stolen a bowl containing about 200 napoleons. The thief, who was ascertained to be Jules B--, a workman, nineteen years of age, was taken to the Prefecture of Police. Bit GUTHRIE AND " THe LARGE WHITE BOAR." —AMUSING SCENE.—On Saturday, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a crowd of people assembled in Hunter-square, at tracted by the following advertisement which appeared that mornin The Largo White Boar.—The white boar will be exhibited at Hunter-square, on Saturday, at one p.m., when the public will be able to judge of the animal, and form a correct opinion of the trial when Dr Guthrie made such rash and gratuitous statements regarding the character and disposition of his peaceable pig. —L. Dodds.— Greenbank, Deo. R, 1864." The advertisswv.4 v.ppoarimr.to_hava a bona ,ide character, Lilo crowd, unsuspicious of a hoax.waited tiently for some minutes after the appointed hour in expecta tion of the promised appearance of " the peaceable pig." The scene was of the most amusing description, jokes and jibes being freely interchanged among the crowd as to their danger from the " foaming tusks" of the " savage animal " should it actually be brought upon the scene. Just as the patience of the crowd was about exhausted, their curiosity was revived by the entrance of a cart into the square, in which an old man was snugly seated amidst a large quantity of loose straw. A rush was at once made by the crowd upon the cart, under the idea that " the large white boar " might be amongst the straw; but alas, they were doomed to disappointment, and much merriment ensued, partly at their own expense, and partly at the puzzled and bewildered gaze of the occupant of the cart, and who thus so suddenly and unexpectedly became the centre of attraction. The crowd then quietly dispersed, apparently more amused than displeased at the hoax of which they had been made the subject.—Scalsman. FOUNDERING OF THE FLOATING LIGHT. A fearful loss, there is every reason to believe,lhas occurred in the St. ,George's Channel by the foundering of the ship Floating Light, bound from Bombay for Liverpool, ,with a cargo valued at upwards of £200,000. The Floating Light was a large Quebec built ship, of 1,400 tons, and belonged to . Messrs Kennedy, of Liverpool. She sailed from Bombay on the 26th of August, with a crew amounting to between 30 and 40. Her cargo comprised 6,300 bales of cotton, ave raging in value about £3O a bale, 673 bales of jute, 28 tons of cocoanut fibre (rope), and 90 tons of linseed. She was due, but no apprehensions for her safety were entertained until Thursday last , when a seaman's chest was washed ashore on the Pembroke coast, together with several bales of cotton and other wreckage. The box was found to con , . tain papera showing that it belonged to a seaman named Davis, as a merchant's discharge ticket bearing that name and other papers were discovered among the contents. The fact of cotton being cast up led to the conclusion that a cot ton laden ship had been lost. On searching the list of home ward bound vessels from Bombay to Liverpool, and refer ring to the nature of their cargoes and the time of sailing, the owners of the Floating Light were communicated with, and it was ascertained there was a sailor named Davis on board that ship, and that the marks or brands on the bales of cotton washed ashore corresponded with those mentioned in the ship's manifest which had been sent to England as having been shipped in the Floating Light at Bombay. The result of this was that the premium immediately went up on the ship, but afterwards she was refused altogether, from the fact that a circular carved piece of wood, which had been bolted to a ship's quarter or under her stern, about Bft long end 7in broad, with sunken carved gilded letters on it " Floating Ligh," the t only missing, had been picked up off the same district of coast. This at once led to the belief that the ill-fated ship had either foundered or been wrecked in the Channel during the recent heavy weather, the sup position being further confirmed by the finding of more cotton. Nothing has been hoard of the crew, and the worst fears are entertained as to their fate. As may be imagined, the loss has created considerable excitement among the various meacantile establishments interested. Capt. Trus cott has left Liverpool in a steamer to search along the whole coast, in the hope of finding something more of the ship and cargo. Sho was insured in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow. A FRENCH MASTER AND HIS PUPILS.—I was in French for part of the time under old Pellichet (I forget if so his name was spelt), and his eyes were not very good. I know not why, but all his pupils always came with a resolution to do nothing and to tease him. " Keys" to lessons were brought in, from which everybody but myself copied what they chose to do, and at other times threw pel lets of chewed paper from their pens over the edge of the table at their master. I never joined them in this, for Pelli chet was a kind soul, till one fatal day two good-humoured boys on either side of me asked me to try one shot only with my more elastic pen, as it had not been used in that sort of work, at Pellichet. Alas, I complied, and shot so well that the missile hit the Frenchman on the cheek, be side his nose, with a sharp smack that resounded all over the study, and made him jump a foot or two from his stool. Oh, what a hit he gave his desk with one furious hand while with the other he rang the bell for the orderly sergeant, When the official came in he reported the whole study for insubordination, concluding thus, " All the boys vote vun," and then turning to me he said, "You, gentilhomme—you born of noble parents, you do no such thing, you good boy ; I sal ponish all bete you," and he forbad the sergeant to put me down on the list for punishment, Never shall I forget my remorse- At once addressing my companions on either side, I said I would not let the whole study be punished for what I had really done, and was about to give myself up, when they said, "Don't be such a d—d fool ; wz.. , shan't bet much, and we don't care ;" and they held me down upon but my evers t 00. a f t e l r neverdi dall s h I o pa per at o atone poor f o o r l d m y P e f a l l u i cl fault e a t n d again, gain his approbation.—My Life and Recollections, by the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN■ROAD.-- The number of patients relieved at, this hospital during the week ending Dec, 10 wee 2,932, of which 1,011 were new oases. Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren. The levees of these two diminutive specimens of hu man nature commenced yesterday at the St. James's Hall, and were very fully attended both afternoon and evening. The Commodore, George Washington Morrison Nutt, who was " best man" on the occasion of General Tom Thumb's marriage, is stated to be in his 20th year, is 29 inches high, and weighs 241b5., whilst the protty litte lady, Miss Minuio Warren, the bridesmaid at the saris interest leg wedding, is but 24 inches in height, 18 years of age, and 191bs. in weight. The Commodore is a smart, little fellow, and does a variety of things with the greatest neatness; and, as en actor, gives abundant proof that he is not without intellect. He appeared last night in a variety of well dressed characters, such, for instance, as a Yankee sailor, a rollicking Irishman, and a stump orator. He sings a song, dances a sailor's hornpipe, and beats the side drum with extraordinary vigour, whilst Miss Minnie simply shows the effect of elegant cos tume upon her tiny figure. The two sing a duet, and then they promenade amongst the audience, disposing of their caries, which seemed to be in extraordinary demand. With two such intelligent little people it is surprising something of a dramatic dialogue is not attempted, especially as they have now a very excellent stage, and every convenience for such an entertainment. It would please amazingly—of that we have no doubt, and would prevent the many breaks that now take place during their clever performance. How ever, the entertainment as now given is highly amusing, and no doubt it will be very successful. The whole of the audience have an opportunity of bidding the Commodore and, we believe, his intended bride, adieu, and then the happy pair drive off to their hotel in their splendid minia ture carriage, drawn by four of the smallest ponies in the world. The entertainment, which commences at 8 o'clock in the evening, dots not extend much over an hour, and thus Professor Anderson is greatly benefited, for nearly the whole of the audience proceeded to the Great Hall, and there finished up the evening with a visit to the World of Magic. Highland and Agricultural Society's Show at Inverness in 1865. A publio meeting of those interested in the proposed show to be held by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland at Inverness in August of next year, took place in the Union Hotel there on Friday, There wire present— Lord Lovat, Lord Saltoun, Mr Merry of Belladrum, M,P., Cluny Macpherson of Cluny, Major Cumming Bruce, M.P., Major Fraser Tytler of Aldourie, Mr T. Davidson of Tul loch, Major Wardlaw of Belmaduthy, Mr J. M. Grant of Glenmoriston, Mr F. Walker of Foyers, Mr /E. B. Mac leod of Cadboll, Col. Inglis of Kingsmills, Mr D. Forbes, Straton Lodge; Mr Arthur Forbes of Culloden, Mr K. Anderson of Lochdhu, Mr .4E. Mackintosh of Balnespick, Mr J. Hall Maxwell, secretary of the Highland and Agri cultural Society of Scotland ; Mr Peter. factor for Lord Lovat; Mr Gunn, factor for Seaforth ; Mr Stables, factor for the Ear! Cawdor, &c. Letters of apology for being un able to attend were received from several gentlemen— among others, Sir K, Mackenzie, Bart., and Sir A. P. G. Cumming of Altyre. Lord LOYAT having been moved to the chair, called on Mr HALL MAXWELL, secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, who said he had very great pleasure in reporting that since the last meeting, hold in September, an excellent arrangement had been made with referent to the she for the showyard, all previous difficulty in regard to which had been entirely removed by the liberal manner in which the magistrates of Inverness had granted the free use of a field, admirably suited for the purposes of the show, on the farm at Seafield, adjoining the town. The access from the town was not good, but the railway company had obviated the difficulty by very readily agreeing to put up a temporary station with sidings at Mill burn, where all the stock and implements intended for the show, as well as to the public) coming to visit it, would be taken off, and got to the showyard by the Longman-road. At the last meeting here a resolution was passed declaring that the subscriptions from the district should not be less than in 1855; and he was glad tc state that, so far as the receipts had come in, there was a perfect certainty that this resolution would be effectively carried out. (Applause.) They had experienced great advantage in having Major Wardlaw as honorary seeretary in this quarter, and an effi cient stiff of gentlemen in every district of the northern counties, to co-operate with in carrying through the pre liminary arrangements. On the 30th April next the converters of the different counties would be requested to see a certain number of these gentlemen appointed as s‘ sub committee to complete the work. The joint committee re ferred to would be appointed from the counties of Inverness, Elgin, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, and Nairn. CL' DAY MA.CPHERSON then moved that Lord Lovat be nominated as chairman of the joint district committees in- tended to be formed in April next. The motion was unanimously agreed to; and Lord LOVAT 3 in thanking the gentlemen present for the honour of being appointed to this post, said he would do all in his power to carry on the business of the committees. Mr HALL MAXWELL then went over the premium list in detail, several gentlemen making suggestions, some of which ‘IIIIIV. atinpftaA, Mr FRASER, Balloch, secretary of the Inverness Far mers' Society, intimated tho intention of the society to hold their flower show at the time of the Highland and Agri. cultural Society's Exhibition. Mr MAXWELL said they should be glad to give the Far mers' Society the necessary accommodation on their ground, (Hear, hear.) Lord SALTOUN then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was unanimously responded to. The meeting then separated. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr J. STRIDE'S GENE• FlT.—The obliging superintendent of the box department of Drury-lane Theatre takes his benefit to morrow evening, Mr Stride is remarkable for his attention to the comforts of the patrons of the theatre, and therefore we have no doubt he will receive that whioh he most justly deserves, a bumper, because there is scarcely a visitor to the boxes but who is not under some obligation to every active and polite official. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A fire of a: very serious character happened this morning• between one and two o'clock in the premises of Mr Jones, fancy collar manu facturer, No. 17, Wood-street, Clerkenwell. The fire could not be extinguished until the workshops on the upper part of the building were destroyed, the roof burned, and the stock in trade destroyed, FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday fore noon a most melancholy accident occurred near Falatone station on the Border Union Railway, which re sulted in the instantaneous death of the driver and stoker of the train to which the accident happened. The follow■ ing are the particulars of the accident, so far as we have been able to learn:—The morning through goods train from Newcastle to Edinburgh, consisting of an engine, 22 loaded trucks, and a guard's van, was approeching Palatine about 17 miles from Riccarton. between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday, at the rate of about four miles an hour. when one of the sets of wheels went on to the rails leading to a coal siding, and the other set remained on the main line. After running for a very short distance the engine started entirely off the rails, and almost immediately sank in the ground. The impetus of the heavy waggons behind forced the tender right on to the top of the engine, and the consequence was that Peter Young the driver, and Wm. Morris, the stoker, were crushed to death instantaneously. Robert Aitchison, the guard of the train, escaped unhurt. As soon as the accident took place information was tele graphed to Hexham, from which terminus an engine was immediately despatched. When the Hexham engine reached the scene of the accident a chain was attached be tween it and the tender above the other engine, and the tender was dragged on to the side of the line. Then the sad results of the catastrophe became painfully apparent. Young, the driver, was found standing with the steam handle in his hand, and this position wag the only clue to his identification, as his head had been literally smashed flat by the fall of the tender upon it. The body of the stoker was found lying against the fire-box, and it presented a most melancholy and fearful spectacle, one of the sides of the face having been almost entirely burnt off. Besides the information sent to Hexham, a telegram was despatched to the headquarters at Edinburgh, whence a special train was immediately despatched with some of the officials, besides a body of workmen from St. Margaret's, who took with them a crane to lift the engine. As soon as this train reached the spot the crane was put in requisi tion, and the engine and tender were lifted and conveyed to Riccarton. Peter Young, the driver, who was 38 years of age, and resided at Restalrig, where he has left a widow and three children to lament his untimely end. He had been about 15 years in the company's service, and bore an excel lent character. William Morrie, the stoker, was formerly a driver on the Perth and Inverness Railway. He entered the service of the North British Company about six weeks ago, and he was acting as stoker till he had acquired a suffi cient knowledge of the lino to enable him to take the post of driver. Ile also was married, and has left a widow and two or three children in Inverness, — Scotsman. PERIL OF A SAILOR'S LIFE.—NEW YORK, NOV. 30.—The Tommie Hussey sailed from Troon about the Ist of September for Portland, United States, and was run down in lat 49 N, 19 W, by a ship, supposed American. Two boats were got out, and both were swamped, and the third, containing the stewardess, mate, and four men, also capsized, when the woman and mate wore drowned ; the rest righted, but on the fourth da3 afterwards all died except one, who was picked up by a French ship and taken to St. Malo. 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Royal Geographical Society. - Yesterday evening an ordinary meeting of this society was held in Burlington House—Sir Roderick Murchison, the president, in the chair. Before the commencement of the regular business Sir Roderick Murchison directed attention to a magnificent volume on the table, which had been presented to the society by the Emperor of Brezit, who had 1);:eti elected n au hunorny fellow, and he called on Mr Fletcher, through whose instrumen tality the work had been brought, to give norm ex planation respecting it. Mr Fletcher stated that the work, which had been published under the auspices of the Emperor of Brazil, gave a description, with numerous maps, of the river San Francisco, in South America. The river is 1,200 miles long, but for 400 miles near the sea it is not navigable. For 800 miles, how ever, it is navigable for large vessels, and it is in tended to construct a road to tap the upper waters of the liver, which will open the communication with an extensive and richly fertile region, where cotton is cultivated by free labour, and may be ob tained in abundance. He eulogised in high terms the present Emperor, who possesses an extensive knowledge of science and literature, and takes so lively an interest in geographical and scientific pur suits that he attends twice every month the meet ings of the Institute at Rio Janeiro, and sits at the right hand of the president. He concluded by say ing that the Emperor of Brazil is "every inch a king, and that there are six feet four inches of him." The first paper read, a communication from Mr. Cameron, describing two small islands in the Malay Archipelago, called Kalatowa and Paloweh. The first he represented to be a low, fiat, but luxuriant island, about five miles long and three broad, with out any inhabitants and totally destitute of water. The other island is smaller and more hilly, and there be found about 5,000 occupants, but not a drop of water; the inhabitants, he said, use for drink the milk of cocoa•nuts and the juice of the green fruit of a palm-tree; the peculiarity of which is, that in the morning, when fresh, the juice is tasteless, at noon it becomes rather stimulant, and in the even ing it is intoxicating. He described the conduct of the natives during the day to vary with the quality of their drink, and that in the evening they are nearly all intoxicated. Ho only remained, a day and night on the island, and was glad to escape in hie boats uninjured. In the discussion which took place on the paper Mr. Crawfurd threw doubt on the accuracy of the statements. Ho contended that it was impossible for 5,000 people to live on an island without water, and that it was ridiculous to suppose they could supply themselves with drink from cocoa nuts and palm trees. The very name of the letter island contradicted the assertion, for in the Malay language " Paloweh" signifies water island. Mr Wallace also said that his experience of the India Archipelago taught him that water is to be found o❑ all the islands. He mentioned as a curious fact that, on small low coral islands not more than four feet above the level of the sea, water is found on digging into the rock below the sea level, which fact, he thought, tended to confirm the opinion en tertained by some scientific men, that by filtration through the coral rock the salt water may become fresh. Two papers were then read relating to explora tions on Middle Island, New Zealand, one commu nicated by Dr Hector, the other by Mr Walker. Dr Hector undertook an expedition in the spring and summer of last year, in a small schooner, to the w Est of Otago, and discovered a river that de. bouches near Milford Bay. He ascended it for about two miles, and came to a lake from which the river flowed. He traced also another river that entered the lake. Dr Hector described the rugged physical geography of the southwest coast of New Zealand, and ventured o❑ some geological specu lations, in which he expressed the opinion that the precipitous rocky gorges indicate that the mono-. tains were formerly much higher, though many of them are now covered with perpetual snow. Mr Walker's paper gave an account of a pedestrian expedition across the island from east to west, in the northern and more rocky district. After a brief discussion, in which the president and other gen tlemen noticed the importance of the discovery of the river by Dr Hector, the meeting adjourned. Weat Coast of Africa. The Royal Mail steamship Athenian arrived at Liverpool on Sunday night with the West Coast of Africa mails, 1,6611 ounces of gold dust, and £5,110. Her advices are to the following dates :—Benin Oct 24, Now Calabar and Bonny Nov 7, Lagos Nov 10, Accra Nov 12, Cape Coast Castle Nov 14, Cape Palmas Nov 16, Sierra Leone Nov 21, Ba thurst Nov 25, Teneriffe Dec 1, and Madeira Dec 3, In consequence of the death of the purser of the Inter colonial steamer there is no news fr3m Fernando Po, Came roons, Old Calabar, and Brass, further than that the Euro. peons at those places are in good health, that trade was tolerably good, and that the Liverpool ship Express, with a cargo of palm oil, was totally wrecked on Brass bar in en deavouring to put to sea. Trade was active at Bonny, and the health of Europeans was good. The Laughing Water was totally wrecked on the bar on Oct. 27. At Benin trade was totally stopped, and was not to be reopened until the fine imposed upon the natives some time ago has been paid. Health was good. In consequence of the temporary opening of the Abeokuta road, a large quantity of cotton has been received at Lagos, and awaited shipment for England. On Oct. 21 H.M.S. Investigator arrived from a cruise of 400 miles up the Niger, bringing highly satisfactory reports as to the resources of the river for trade. Dr Baikie, who established a native colony, and has resided for some years in the interior, re turned by her. He purposes proceeding to England by next mail steamer. Trado at Lagos was moderately good. The colony was healthy. At Accra trade was moderately good. Europeans were healthy. The natives of Cape Coast Castle expressed themselves annoyed in consequence of the Governor having levied a very just tax upon licences for the sale of spirits, &c., to assist in meeting the heavy expenses incurred during the Ashantee War. Trade was good. The colony was healthy. The Agrippina, of Liverpool, and bound to that port, had put back to Sierra Leone in consequence of all the cre being sick of African fever. At Sierra Leone the weather was intensely hot, the dry season having fairly set in. Trade was improving, and the health of the colony was tolerably good. At Bathurat trade was dull. Nov. 19 being St. Elizabeth of Hungary's day, and the sour cis ft* of the Queen of Spain, a grand levee was held by the Captain-General in Teneriffe. The troops of the garrison were reviewed, and subsequently blessed by the Bishop of the Canary Islands from the balcony of the palace. Mr B. Oliveira, late M.P. for Pontefract, was present. He had received much atten tion during a stay of some weeks at Teneriffe, in consequence of his haying taken part in the Spanish campaign in Mo rocco, for which he has received a medal. On Nov. 22 the Infante of Spain, Vice-Admiral Don Enrique de Bourbon, arrived in the Spanish frigate Isabel Segunda. His highness was received with a Royal salute from the batteries, and the Spanish and French ships of. war in the harbour. This be ing the first Royal visit ever paid to the Island of Teneriffe, the excitement among the inhabitants was immense. It was rumoured that his highness was temporarily exiled to this place for political reasons at present unknown, He had evi dently left Spain in great haste, as he brought with him a single portmanteau, and was accompanied by only one ser vant. He had been indebted to the hospitality of the inha bitants for almost every necessary- The wealthier of them made arrangements to provide him, during his sojoura among them, with house accommodation, a carriage, plate, linen, &c. In return he every day made it a rule to invite two or three of his benefactors to dine with him, thus deli cately acknowledging the favours they have done him. Trade was rather dull in Teneriffe owing to the high price of cotton goods and the uncertainty of peace in _America. The cochineal crop is not so good this year as it has been for several years past, and in consequence of the orchuin having destroyed the greater portion of the grapes, very little wine has been produced. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. At Benin were the Benin , the Medea, and the Eagle's Wing. At New Calabar, the Annie Nolly and the Richmond —sailed, 0ct.31, t h e Ethiopian for L iver p ool, and the Bark hill for Cerise°. At Bonny, the Charles Horgan, the Royal Arch, the iphigenia, the Ferozvore, the Ellen Grant, and the Belle of the Ocean (the last named about to sail for Liverpoll)—the Laughing Water was lost on the bar on the 27th October. At Lagos, her Majesty's ship Investigator, the Sylphide, and the Manchester. At Accra, the Louisa. At Cape Coast Castle, no ships. At Cape Palmas, the Royal Mail steamship Armenian arrived and sailed for the leeward —all well. At Sierra Leone, the Sobraon, the St. Magnus, the Sopia, the Maud, the Arehitecite, the Leo pard, the Nox, the Phoenix, the Gazelle, and the Agrip pina. At Bathurst, her Majesty's ship Pandora and the Kingston—sailed the Menai on Nov. 24, and her Majesty's ship Gladiator Nov. 20, for the leeward. Sailed from Tene rife, Nov. 4, the St. Elwine for Palmas, and the Royal Mail steamship Armenian for the Gambia-47th, the Rapid, for Azores-20tb, the Sidney Hall fur London, At Madeira, her Majesty's ship Sharpshooter, TIMID EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. I ,AQUA TICS. - -s-- COOMBBS AND KILSBY FOR, £lOO A SIDE. This aquatic contest, hich has excited much attention in spiting circles, was brought to an issue this aft , moon. Tho course war, as usual, item Putney to Mortlake, and at star ting Countbes was Our favourite, but nothwithstand ing Kilsby had a very large number of friends. The result of the race showed that the dependence placed in the pluck and stamina of Coombes was not misplaced, as, amidst tho cheers of his friends, he rowed in a triumphant winner. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, INDIAKOFFICE, DEC. 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint his Highness Furzund Dilbund Basekhul Itgad Dowlut-i-Eaglishia Rajah Rajegan Rajah .Rundheer Sing, Bahadoor of Kuppoorthulla, and his Highness Maharajah Rughoo Jiaj Sing, Bahadoor of Rewah, to be Knights of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry William Hemans, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Buffalo, DEO. 13. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr James Whyte Atkins as Consul in the Island of Barbados for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. ADMIRALTY, DEC, 12. The following promotions have been made :—Mr Ed. mund Clark to be First Class Assistant Engineer in the Fleet, with seniority of Nov. 15, 1864—Mr Nicholas Dupen Chambers to be First Class Assistant Engineer in the Fleet, with seniority of Nov. 19, 1864 —Mr George Woollard to be Fiist Class Assistant Engineer in the Fleet, with seniority of Dec. 7, 1864. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts o: commrolal im portance in the Gazette : William Thomas Distin, publican, Salford Robert Foster, outfitter, Leeds Richard Fancourt, carpenter, Camden Town Wm. Parsons, builder, Bromley George Bell, farmer, Littleport John Lake, builder, Forest-hill John Bnshley, currier, Blackburn Marshall Monk, saddler, Northampton Harry Tuppen, drk er, Brighton Isaac Jones, timber dealer, Old Kent-road Thomas R. Baker, commercial traveller, Plumetead Mary Ann Shepard, milliner, Pimlico BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Henry Walter Seabrook, clerk, Chelsea Robert Byrne, share broker, Liverpool Samuel Baines, worsted spinnor Brighouse, Yorkshire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Thomson, !Usher, Alloa Steel and Gilchrist, drapers, Dumfries George Sangster, manufacturer, Aberdeen Alfred Wyatt, wine merchant, Glasgow Course of Exchange,—This Day, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 1S 12 19 Antwerp O • 25 521 25 G2l Brussel; — 25 521 25 621 Hamburg Paris . . Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1201 1201 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh 3ll 31 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 46 46} 47 47 26 72} 25 774 25 724 25 774 25 721 25 774 26 72 25 77# 26 724 25 775 26 724 25 774 Agricultural Prospects. The weather was dry on the first day of the. week, but sunless and dull, while Monday was a fine bright sunny day, very unlike December. Wind S.W., thermometer 48 deg., barometer 30in. down to 29.80, and still falling. Tuesday was another fine dry day, but not so clear as the pre. vious one ; barometer rather higher. Our advices from Lancashire run thus—" Though latterly we have had a deal of rain there has not been too much, and field work iu West Lancashire has made steady progress. The wheat plant is highly promising, but many of our farmers have sown less of this ime portant cereal this autumn, in consequence of the unremunerative prices. Potatoes are plentiful, good, and cheap. There are fewer complaints now of turnips." In Northum• berland it was stated, on the same day, " The weather since our last report has been mild, but damp, with the exception of Thursday and Sun. day, when it was fine. Wind W. and S.W." In Suffolk the weather was reported to be mild and open for the season. Wednesday was a dull day, with some slight rain at night. On Thursday much rain fell up to noon, with a low barometer—down to 29.50 in. Wind still S.W. Thermometer, 46 deg. The land having now been pretty well sate. rated of late, a little water begins to run into the ponds, and some additional showers would now tell and replenish them sufficiently. This refers to farms well drained, as those not in such condition have been better off, and the brooks in low situations have at last been running, and as mill.streams are full at places, giving again the power to make flour, which has been withheld so long by the very dry season. This has been much against wheat thrashing ; but the farmers show no anxiety to bring out their winter stores, seeing that the prices are so low, with no immediate prospect of improves merit—this, too, in spite of the great falling off in the imports from all quarters of the globe, which during the winter are likely to be less than for many years past at the same period of the year. Ulti• mately, such a decrease may cause a revival after the condition has been mended by a little sharp frosty weather, and when the Christmas rents have been paid. The average price this week was 38a 6d ; the corresponding week of last year was 408 9d ; the previous year, 46s 9d ; and that in 1861, 60s 4d per imperial quarter. The contrast is very great, and has a desponding tendency on agriculturists generally with no ameliorating cir cumstances to cheer up the downcast, struggling to make up the amount wanted for the landlords. The unfavourable weather is not so much against the thrashing of barley, hard samples being a little mellowed by the soft atmosphere ; and this work. ing is going on lustily, furnishing supplies faster than can be taken off by the regular demand. The amount returned this week is the largest of the season, being 117,789 qrs., but at only 29s 2d ; last year it was 133,260 qrs., at 33s 6d ; the previous year, 126,747 qrs., at 31s 10d ; whilst in 1861 the amount was 121,642 qrs., at 37s per qr,—showing much depression. Oats, beans, and peas command more favourable prices, but then the yield has been overso defici entformer asseatsoopnrs.e—vlta7i lass n, 7beneEt;tliv::3 results A man named Robert Donath, a native of D ant zic, was apprehended at Liverpool, on Saturday, under the fol lowing suspicious circumstances : He went to the shop of Mr Woolf, jeweller, D a l e -street, and offered for sale 4i w hi c h . appeared to have been recently ouncesmelted. of gold, ehtd also m his possession 9 or 10 ounces of silver in a similar condition. Mr Woolf suspecting some thing wrong, sent to the police station, and Detectives Graham and Scaiff went to the shop. The man failed to account for his possession of the property, and the officers went to his lodgings in Bridport-street, and found there a a crucible, and pawn tickets for jewellery pledged in Loudon to the amount of £77 105 ; as well as letters, showing that Donath was "wanted" on the continent, He was brought before the stipendiary magistrate yesterday, and was re mended. THE LATE M. MET ERB EER.—It has been erro• neously stated in some of the continental journals, and copied in the home papers, that the late M. Meyerbeer had expressly engaged M. George Kastner to write his biography when no more, and that the documents and papers of the departed genius would be placed in M. Kastner's possession for the purpose. This is altogether unfounded, as no more will be placed at M. Kastner's disposal than at that of Mr Gruneisen, who commenced the lite and career et Meyerbeer some time before his lamented decease. Mr Gruneisen's work will be published in London, and from his long intimacy with the composer, having been present at the opening performance of all his masterpieces in Paris, he has much valuable and original matter for the book. -- CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—PeopIe flocked to the new suspension bridge at Clifton on Sunday in cro wds. Throughout the whole of the afternoon the toll people had positively more work than they could well ma nage, and the greatest difficulty was experienced in getting tickets. The bridge was severely tested. There was con , siderable crush ng at the gates in the effort to get out, but the difficulties encountered by the officials were lessened by the assistance of I►tr Alderman Ford, one of the bridge directors. It is computed that the number who crossed the bridge during the day was nearly 30,000.—Western Daily Press.